The truck was found in a wooded area in DeSoto, its front wheel wrecked.

A Hutchins man is accused of stealing a monster truck from a Plano parking lot and reporting the stolen truck’s whereabouts to its owner so he could collect a cash reward for its recovery, police say.

David Campbell, 57, was arrested on felony theft charges Sunday. The charge is steep because the truck is worth $100,000 to $150,000.

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David Campbell

The 11-foot truck was usually parked in the Shell Shack’s parking lot in Plano to draw attention to the new restaurant, which is slated to open next month.

Early Friday, someone stole the truck and ditched it in a thick brush in an area of DeSoto, according to an arrest affidavit.

Two days after the truck was reported stolen, Campbell called the truck’s owner and told him he knew where the stolen truck was. He also asked if there was still a reward for the information.

Campbell led Dallas Hale, the truck’s co-owner, to a spot “way back in the woods” where the truck was hidden, the affidavit states.

Hale gave Campbell a $5000 cash reward for the tip and the two parted ways, DeSoto police said.

A DeSoto police officer saw Campbell leaving and arrested him after asking what was going on, DeSoto police said. His reward money was confiscated.

Hale, the co-owner of Addison bar the Back 9 and the restaurant Shell Shack, said about $20,000 worth of stereo equipment was stolen from the truck. One of its front tires was also ruptured.

Hale said it appeared the person who was driving the car probably didn’t know how difficult it is to operate.

“It was not made for four-wheeling; it was made for looks,” Hale said.

Plano police spokesman David Tilley said detectives are exploring the possibility that there were more suspects in the case. Police have issued a subpoena for surveillance video from a bank near the parking lot where the monster truck was stolen.

[This post has been updated by staff writers Julie Fancher and Tristan Hallman]

Ezekiel Cox

A 22-year-old man suspected of killing a woman in her Far North Dallas home was arrested Wednesday after he was found in the woman’s stolen vehicle, police said.

Ezekiel Cox, of Henrico, Va., has been charged with capital murder in the death of 50-year-old Robin Bavousett.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Bavousett was found dead in her apartment in the 17700 block of Vail Street late Tuesday night by a friend who went to check on her after she missed a doctor’s appointment.

She had been beaten and her throat had been cut, the affidavit said.

A witness told police that she had seen Cox leave Bavousett’s apartment shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday with two laundry baskets containing Bavousett’s property. He then drove away in her vehicle, the witness said.

On Wednesday, police located the stolen Chevy, with Cox inside, in the 9500 block of Lake June Road in Pleasant Grove. He appeared to be unconscious.

Police said he didn’t speak to investigators. His attorney has halted him from speaking to anyone.

In 2011, Cox was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in Virginia for ecstasy possession. His Facebook page still lists him as living in Richmond, Va.

Police said Thursday that they are actively investigating the crime.

A GoFundMe page has been created to help cover Bavousett’s funeral costs and her 19-year-old daughter’s living expenses.

“Her daughter is devastated by the loss of her mother and now faced with the expense of burying her,” the GoFundMe page states.

Cox is being held in the Dallas County jail. He is charged with capital murder. His bail has been set at $1 million.

Constable Terry Jones, who is investigating the incident, said authorities received complaints Wednesday morning after screenshots of the photo started circulating on the social media site.

Jones said the dogs were found dead in the southwest portion of Hunt County, but he did not specify where exactly because detectives were still interviewing potential witnesses.

The Union Valley Fire Department, an all-volunteer force, said it suspended the fireman after learning about the photo.

“We do not condone the recent actions of one of our firefighters. We are following our policy in removing him from our department,” the Union Valley Fire Department said in a statement on Facebook Wednesday.

Conatser could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

In a written statement, Royse City officials said they received several angry phone calls and emails about the photos.

“To set the record straight,” the department said in a Facebook post, “the person has been suspended as a Union Valley fireman, and lives outside of our city limits. Any offense did not occur within Royse City jurisdiction.”

Hunt County officials released few details of their investigation, saying they are still collecting information and evidence.

“It is an open criminal investigation,” Jones said. “There’s certain information I’m not at liberty to talk about right now.”

He said his office will present evidence to the county attorney, who will determine if criminal charges should be filed. The Royse City Animal Shelter and the SPCA of Texas are helping with the investigation.

Hunt County does not require owners to keep their pets confined, although a person has the right to use force if an animal on their property poses a threat to people, other animals or the property, Jones said. Someone who shoots an animal that didn’t pose a threat, however, can be charged with animal cruelty.

“Social media can be a great thing,” said Jones, the constable investigating the case. “It can also be not so great. People need to think before posting on there.”

Colleyville police believe a father and son killed a 72-year-old woman for one reason: to collect money from a million-dollar insurance policy she didn’t even know about.

“I’ve been doing this for 27 years. This is one of the most complex cases that I’ve ever been involved in,” Colleyville police Chief Mike Holder said in a news conference this afternoon.

Anita Fox, an Alvarado resident who worked as a housekeeper in Colleyville, was found dead on Sept. 23. An arrest affidavit states she died of multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma.

One of the suspects, 26-year-old Bernard Joseph Gorman, was arrested in Davenport, Florida this morning. He will be extradited to Tarrant County to face a murder charge in Fox’s death.

His father, Gerard Gorman, was found dead in a hotel room in Harris County, just outside Houston, last month. Police believe he died of natural causes.

Colleyville police allege that Bernard Gorman helped his father plan Fox’s murder, and that the pair planned to collect Fox’s life insurance benefit after killing her.

Authorities are still trying to figure out how the Gormans knew Fox, and why they allegedly targeted her, Holder said. He added that it seems Fox didn’t know about the insurance policy issued under her name.

Several agencies, including the FBI and the Texas Rangers, are conducting their own investigations — and trying to determine if Fox’s slaying was part of a larger criminal ring, Holder said.

“This was a complex, very far-reaching case,” he said.

Fox’s killing was Colleyville’s first homicide in more than two decades.

The U.S. Attorney’s office charged him with transporting and shipping child pornography. Court records show Wesson was scheduled for a plea hearing this morning.

Ricardo Javid Lugo

Wesson pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Wesson faces a maximum statutory sentence on the possession count of 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release. On the receipt count, he faces a statutory sentence of not less than five years and not more than 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release. But if the court accepts the plea agreement filed Wednesday, the parties agree that the appropriate punishment in this case is no more than 30 years in federal prison.

Sentencing is set for June 25, 2015.

Wesson’s attorney, Christopher Curtis, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Wesson was also accused of using phony documents to enroll a 17-year-old runaway, Ricardo Lugo, as a sixth-grader at a Hurst elementary school.

A Richardson man believed to be responsible for a hit-and-run crash that killed a one-year-old last month is finally in custody, Dallas police say.

Scott Michael Flynn, 42, was extradited from East Texas this week and charged with manslaughter and failure to stop and render aid.

He is accused of running a red light the night of Jan. 11, plowing his Dodge pick-up truck into a Toyota Camry, and fleeing on foot.

Witnesses told officers the driver of the truck, later identified by police as Flynn, sped past them and disregarded other red lights before crashing into the Camry at the intersection of Audelia Road and and Chimney Hill Lane.

Flynn’s arrest report states that Neithan Ramirez, who was sitting in the Camry’s backseat, was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. He died Jan. 14.

As police were investigating the crash, a woman told detectives that Flynn had been drinking before he left her apartment the night of Jan. 11, the affidavit states.

She said he returned to her apartment late that night, and told her he had been involved in a crash.

When the woman asked if he had checked the other car to see if anyone was injured, he said no.

The woman said Flynn told her he ran away and waited until things quieted down before paying someone $100 to bring him back to the apartment, according to the arrest affidavit.

Flynn’s criminal history includes convictions for burglary of a habitation, evasion of arrest and drug possession.

The U.S. Marshals Service found him in East Texas and facilitated his extradition to North Texas, Dallas police said. He’s being held in the Dallas County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail.

A Dallas teen is accused of fatally shooting another teen while playing with a loaded pistol inside a Dallas apartment, according to an arrest affidavit.

Domonique La’ray Pickens, 17, was charged with manslaughter after he admitted to police that he knew the pistol was loaded when he and 16-year-old Jerrel Dews were playing with it late Saturday, the arrest affidavit states.

Police also arrested 26-year-old Charles Parker Jr on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Parker, a convicted felon, admitted to police that he owned the pistol.

Both Parker and Pickens are being held in the Dallas County Jail. Bail for Pickens has been set at $300,000, and bail for Parker has been set at $40,000.

Police were dispatched to Pickens’ apartment in the 5900 block of Highland Village Drive just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

The arrest affidavit states officers recovered a pistol and interviewed Pickens, Parker and several other witnesses.

Pickens told police he was holding the pistol by the handle, his finger on the trigger, when Dews pulled on the pistol from the barrel.

Pickens pulled on the trigger, shooting Dews once in the head, the affidavit states.